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3\[aturall Hijiory : 



It hath been pra&ifed, to make white Swallows, by Anointing of the egs 

 with <y<r. Winch may be produced, by the Stopping of the ftm of the 

 5^Z ; , and making the lujce , that putteth forth the Feathers afterwards , 

 more Penurious. And it may be, the Anointing of the Eges, will be as Ejffe- 

 ftual, as the Anointing of the Body-,Oi which Vtdc the Experiment 9 3 . 



It is reported,that the white ot an Egge,or Blond, mingled with Sah-Wa- 

 ter,doth gather the Saltnejje,md maketh the Water fweeter.This may be by 

 Adhefion; as in the 6. Experiment of Clarification: It may bealfo, that Bloud, 

 and the white of an Egge, ( which is the Matter ofa Living Creature, )have 

 fome Sympathy with Salt : For all Life hath a Sympathy with We fee 

 I that Salt laid to a Cat jz^r , healeth it ; So as it feemeth.Wf draweth 

 Bloud, as well as Bloud draweth Salt. 



It hath been antiently received, that the Sea Hare hath an Antipathy 

 with the Lungs,{ii itcommeth neer the Body,)anderodeth them. Where- 

 of the Caufe is conceived to be, a Quality it hath ot Heating the Braf/;, and 

 Spirits; AsCantharides have upon the wary Partsoi the Body; AsPr/Wand 

 Hjdropical Water. And it is a good that whatfoever hath an Operation 

 upon certain X/Wj of Matters, that, in NWs Bo^, worketh molt upon 

 thofe Parts, wherein that kind of Matter aboundeth. 



Generally, that which is Dead or Corrupted, or Excerned,hsLth Antipathy 

 with th e fame Thing, when it is Alive, and when it is Sound; And with 

 thofe Parts, which do Excern: As a Carcaff 'eoi Man is moft JnfetliouS,and O 

 dious to A Carrion of anHorfe, to an i/cr/^ , &c. Purulent Matter of 

 wounds, and r/«yy, Carbuncles, Pocks y Scabs, Leprofie, to So«W -F/e/ibj And the 

 Excrements of every Species to that Creature that Excerneth them. But the 

 Excrements are leffe Pernicious than the Corruptions. 



It is a Common Experience, that Do£* know the Dog-Killer; When as in 

 times oilnfetlion fome Petty Fd/tw is fent out to kill the Dog* ; And that 

 though they have never feen him before 5 yet they will all come forth, 

 and bark, and flie at him. 



The Relations touching the Force oi Imagination, and the Secret InstinBsoi 

 Nature, are fo uncertain, as they require a great deal of Examination , ere 

 we conclude upon them. I would have it firft thorowly inquired,whether 

 there be any Secret Paffages oi Sympathy between Persons of near Bloud; As 

 Parents, Chi' dr en, Brothers^ Sifters, Nurfe -Children , Husbands, wives, &c. 

 There be many reports in Hiftorie, that upon the Death oi Persons of fuch 

 Nearncffe, Men have had an inward Feeling of it. I my Self remember , 

 that being in Paris, and my Father dying in London, two or three dayes be - 

 fore my Fathers death, I had a Dream, which I told to divers Englifb Gentle- 

 men; iirdi my Fathers Houfe in the Country, was Plaiftered all over with 

 Black Mortar. There is an opinion abroad, ( whether idle or no I cannot 

 fay,) That loving and kind Husbands have a Senfe of their Wives breeding 

 Child, by fome Accident in their own Bodie. 



Next to thofe that are Near in Bloud , there may be the like PaJJ'age,and 

 Ir.ftintls of Nature , between great Friends and enemies. And fometimcs 

 j the Revealing is unto Another Pnfon, and not to the Party Himfelf. I re- 

 j member PhiUppm Commineus( a grave Writer, ) reporteth; That the Arch- 

 Bijhop oi Vienna, ( a Reverend Prelat, ) faid ( one day ) after bAafle, to King 

 Lems the eleventh of France; Sir, your Mortal Enemy is dead ; What time 

 iCbark Duke oi Burgundy was Slain, at the Battel oi Granfon , againft the 

 rySwitzers. Some trial alfo would be made, whether PaB or Agreement do a- 

 ny thing; As if two Friends mould agrec,that fuch a Day in every Week,ihey 



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